Tue 12 May 2020:
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says he is hospitalised with the coronavirus.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Interfax news agency, “Yes, I’ve gotten sick. I’m being treated.”
Peskov, 52, has been Putin’s spokesman since 2008, but started working him with in the early 2000s.
Russians who have the virus but light or no symptoms of illness are allowed to stay home, and it wasn’t immediately clear if Peskov’s hospitalisation reflects the gravity of his condition or was an extra precaution.
Reporters from the Kremlin pool said on Twitter that Peskov was last seen in public on April 30 “at a meeting with Vladimir Putin”. It was not clear whether it means the two were in the same room, as Putin has been conducting all his meetings via teleconference in recent weeks.
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